French Revolution. Causes of the French Revolution Bad Harvests High Prices (Inflation) High Taxes Enlightenment Ideas Debt Ineffective leadership of.

French Revolution

Causes of the French Revolution

Bad Harvests High Prices (Inflation) High Taxes Enlightenment Ideas Debt Ineffective leadership of Louis XVI

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1st Estate

2nd Estate

3rd Estate

Events after the Fall of the Bastille

Great Fear

Rebellion spreads to countryside Peasants attack

nobles’ homes Bread Riot

March to Versailles “Let them eat cake”

Royal Family imprisoned

Beginning of Radical Changes

End of feudal privileges

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

State-controlled church

Divisions Develop

2 years of arguing over constitution

Limited constitutional monarchy King stripped of many powers

Legislative Assembly Created laws and approved

declarations of war King still enforced the laws

Louis attempted escape

Factions Split France

Radicals, Moderates Conservatives

Emigres Nobles who fled

France and wanted the Old Regime back

Sans-culottes “those without knee

breeches”

War

Austria and Prussia pushed for restoration of the king. Why?????

Royal family imprisoned

Fear causes massacres

Changes in government (again?) yes again

Constitution set aside, king deposed, dissolution of assembly and election of new legislative body National Convention

Republic is created

Jacobins

Radical political organization takes control

Jean-Paul Marat Writer of L’Ami du

Peuple (friend of the people)

Georges Danton Lawyer, speaker

Trial of Louis XVI

Treason Close vote GUILLOTINE

Reign of Terror

Maximilien Robespierre Get rid of past Get rid of religion Get rid of opponents of

revolution Committee of Public

Safety 40,000 dead

End of Terror

Robespierre executed Another new government

Power in Upper Middle class 2 house legislature Executive body of five moderate men-

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